Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

 

AGENDA

 

Room 8

January 22, 2019 - January 25, 2019

Last Updated 1/25/2019 7:13 AM

 

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

9:00 AM                   Senate Protocols and Floor Decorum

 

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:00 AM                   PFAS

Jen Duggan, Vice President/Director VCL - Invited

Shaina Kasper, Toxic Action Center-VT - Invited

 

11:15 AM                   Overview

Overview

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Ben Edgerly Walsh, Climate & Energy Program Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

 

11:30 AM                   Overview

Overview

Brian Shupe, Executive Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

8:30 AM                   Resources for the Future

Marc Hafstead, Resources for the Future

Wesley Look, Resources for the Future

 

9:30 AM                   Reports

Governor's Climate Committee Report

RGGI

Transportation Initiatives

Peter Walke, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   VT Chamber of Commerce

Overview

Betsy Bishop, President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce

 

10:30 AM                   Overview

Overview

Lauren Hierl, Executive Director, Vermont Conservation Voters

 

10:50 AM                   Overview

 Champlain Valley Farmers Coalition

Marie Audet, Farmer, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition - Phone

 

11:10 AM                   Pasture Program

 

Jen Colby, Pasture Program Coordinator, UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture

 

11:30 AM                   Green Mountain Farmers

Overview

Margaret Huessy Laggis, President, Laggistics

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Thursday, January 24, 2019

9:00 AM                   RGGI and Transportation

Justin Johnson, Lobbyist, MMR

 

9:30 AM                   Farmers Watershed Alliance NW

Overview

Larry Gervais, Farmer

 

10:00 AM                   PFASs

Samuel Nicolai, VP Engineer and Compliance, Casella Waste Management

John Casella, CEO

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Lake Carmi Update

Perry Thomas, Program Manager, Watershed Management Division, Lakes and Ponds Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Friday, January 25, 2019

8:30 AM                   Vermont League of Cities & Towns

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

 

8:50 AM                   Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Overview

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

 

9:30 AM                   Break

 

10:00 AM                   Agriculture Environmental Stewardship

Vermont State House- Room 11.

Joint Hearing House and Senate Agricultural Committee and Senate Natural Resources and Energy

Heather Darby, Agronomy Specialist, UVM Extension

 

11:30 AM                   Implicit Bias Training

Ethan Allen Room

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 8 hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Jude Newman at 828-2296 or jnewman@leg.state.vt.us